Ocean Mission - Coral Nurseries: A sanctuary for the future?
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SEYCHELLES OCEAN MISSION CORAL NURSERY
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Cerf Island, Seychelles - 20 February 2019
1. Various underwater shots of coral reef off coast of Cerf Island
2. Wide of beach
3. Close of crab crawling on sand
4. Pan right of Leo Barret, Project Leader, Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS), entering water
5. Close of Barret in water
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Leo Barret, Project Leader, Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS):
We lost up to 50 percent of all corals, now three years ago in 2016. This is mainly the branching corals, so we're talking about acropora, for example, and yeah, we lost up to 50 percent of these corals.
7. Underwater shot of Barret cleaning coral nursery
8. Underwater shot of coral nursery
9. Underwater shot of Barret cleaning coral nursery
10. Underwater shot of Barret cleaning coral nursery, Barret goes up to surface
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Leo Barret, Project Leader, Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS):
We try to restore the reef by using these nurseries, the nurseries help for the survival and the group of the corals. So, we took what we call the coral of opportunities, this is coral already broken by onshore or by snorkelers and we let them grow from one year, one year and a half, until they reach a good size, up to 15 to 20 centimetres, then we transplant them on the sea floor.
12. Various underwater shots of coral reef off coast of Cerf Island
13. Underwater shot of ray fish swimming away
14. Wide of beach
15. Various of Barret speaking to Aurelie Duhec, Project Leader, Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS), on beach
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Aurelie Duhec, Project Leader, Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS):
The tourists here, they're attracted, okay by the beautiful landscape, but also by what is beneath, on the water. They want to meet with turtles, they want to see colourful fish. So, if we have just dead corals, we don't have all this.
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Mahe, Seychelles - 19 February 2019
17. Tilt down of Beau Vallon beach
18. Pan right of sun shining through trees
19. Pan left of Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS) on-land coral nursery
20. Wide of students measuring assessing coral
21. Close of coral in nursery
22. Various of student measuring coral growth
23. Various of on-land coral nursery
24. Close of student measuring coral colour
25. Setup shot of David Rowat, Chairman and Director, Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS), holding coral
26. Close of Rowat holding coral
27. SOUNDBITE (English) David Rowat, Chairman and Director, Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS):
We can control the temperature in here, so that even if everything dies out there, we've still got some remnants here that we can then grow up and put back out on the reef. So, if you like it's a last-ditch safety stop. However, the way that we try and do things is that the corals that we have in here are survivors, they have survived this previous bleaching attempt.
28. Various of on-land coral nursery
29. SOUNDBITE (English) David Rowat, Chairman and Director, Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS):
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Cerf Island, Seychelles - 20 February 2019
30. Underwater shot of coral reef off coast of Cerf Island
31. Various underwater shots of Barret inspecting coral nursery
32. Underwater shot of coral nursery
34. Underwater shot of coral nursery
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Ocean Mission - Coral Nurseries: A sanctuary for the future?
(4 Mar 2019) LEADIN:
Coral nurseries could be the answer to bleaching episodes caused by climate change, which are threatening complex underwater reefs around the world.
In the Seychelles, marine biologists are rearing corals in specially-controlled nurseries, hoping they'll act as a last-ditch safety stop should ocean temperatures continue to rise.
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Beneath the crystal-clear waters of the Indian Ocean around the Seychelles, coral reefs shelter a range of creatures, from tiny invertebrates to sprawling octopuses.
The fragile reefs act as both a protective barrier for coastlines and an attraction for tourists, who keep the country's economy going.
But the reefs are also one of the first victims of rising ocean temperatures.
In 1998, the Seychelles, in some areas, lost up to 90 percent of its coral reefs in an environmental event known as bleaching.
That's where coral in warming waters expel the colorful algae that live within their skeletons and, without their nutrients, starve.
Three years ago, rising ocean temperatures, thought to have been caused by the El Nino climate feature, destroyed around half the corals off Cerf Island, says marine biologist Leo Barret.
We lost up to 50 percent of all corals, now three years ago in 2016, he says.
This is mainly the branching corals, so we're talking about acropora, for example, and yeah, we lost up to 50 percent of these corals.
Conservationists have launched a number of reef restoration projects around the nation's 115 islands.
Barret and his colleagues from the Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS) have established several coral nurseries with the aim of rearing stronger corals.
Taking broken fragments, found around the reef, they rear them for a year, before transporting them to these artificial structures.
They have two large-scale nurseries off the coast of Cerf Island, each numbering around 2,500 corals.
We try to restore the reef by using these nurseries, the nurseries help for the survival and the group of the corals, explains Barret.
The project is supported by several hotels on Cerf Island, a small holidaymaker island about four kilometres northeast of Mahe.
The tourists here, they're attracted, okay by the beautiful landscape, but also by what is beneath, on the water, says Aurelie Duhec, a MCSS project leader.
They want to meet with turtles, they want to see colourful fish. So, if we have just dead corals, we don't have all this.
According to a study published in the journal Science in February 2018, with further threats, including overfishing and pollution, coral reefs around the world will reach a tipping point before the end of the century, disappearing more quickly than they can restore themselves.
That's a threat even Cerf Island's coral nurseries can't escape.
So, on the island of Mahe, MCSS established this on-land coral nursery, the first of its kind on the Seychelles when it opened in September 2017.
Each tank is capable of holding some 100 coral fragments.
We can control the temperature in here, so that even if everything dies out there, we've still got some remnants here that we can then grow up and put back out in the reef. So, if you like it's a last-ditch safety stop, explains David Rowat, the chairman and director of MCSS.
However, the way that we try and do things is that the corals that we have in here are survivors, they have survived this previous bleaching attempt.
It's one of the most diverse habitats imaginable, says Rowat.
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Creation of Coral Cove coral nursey, Seychelles
A short timelapse showing the construction efforts of the on-land / ex-situ coral nursery at Le Meridien Fisherman's Cove, Beau Vallon, Seychelles. The project is a partnership between Le Meridien and the Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS).
The coral reefs of the Seychelles have suffered catastrophic damage from coral bleaching since the mass-bleaching episode of 1998. Continued rising sea temperatures and ocean acidification due to climate change brought the 2016 global bleaching event, which has exacerbated the conditions for Seychelles reefs further. Some reefs have less than 1% live coral cover left.
The hope is to restore the reef immediately off the shores of Fisherman's Cove, Beau Vallon by 'gardening' corals in the ex situ coral nursery where water temperature and nutrient content can be controlled. Once corals in the nursery reach a viable size, they will be outplanted back onto the reef where they will be able to grow further and naturally reproduce a next generation of healthy corals, which will hopefully be better able to withstand the future effects of climate change.
Ocean Mission - Coral Nurseries: A sanctuary for the future?
(12 Mar 2019) LEADIN:
Coral nurseries could be the answer to bleaching episodes caused by climate change, which are threatening complex underwater reefs around the world.
In the Seychelles, marine biologists are rearing corals in specially-controlled nurseries, hoping they'll act as a last-ditch safety stop should ocean temperatures continue to rise.
STORYLINE:
Beneath the crystal-clear waters of the Indian Ocean around the Seychelles, coral reefs shelter a range of creatures, from tiny invertebrates to sprawling octopuses.
The fragile reefs act as both a protective barrier for coastlines and an attraction for tourists, who keep the country's economy going.
But the reefs are also one of the first victims of rising ocean temperatures.
In 1998, the Seychelles, in some areas, lost up to 90 percent of its coral reefs in an environmental event known as bleaching.
That's where coral in warming waters expel the colorful algae that live within their skeletons and, without their nutrients, starve.
Three years ago, rising ocean temperatures, thought to have been caused by the El Nino climate feature, destroyed around half the corals off Cerf Island, says marine biologist Leo Barret.
We lost up to 50 percent of all corals, now three years ago in 2016, he says.
This is mainly the branching corals, so we're talking about acropora, for example, and yeah, we lost up to 50 percent of these corals.
Conservationists have launched a number of reef restoration projects around the nation's 115 islands.
Barret and his colleagues from the Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS) have established several coral nurseries with the aim of rearing stronger corals.
Taking broken fragments, found around the reef, they rear them for a year, before transporting them to these artificial structures.
They have two large-scale nurseries off the coast of Cerf Island, each numbering around 2,500 corals.
We try to restore the reef by using these nurseries, the nurseries help for the survival and the group of the corals, explains Barret.
The project is supported by several hotels on Cerf Island, a small holidaymaker island about four kilometres northeast of Mahe.
The tourists here, they're attracted, okay by the beautiful landscape, but also by what is beneath, on the water, says Aurelie Duhec, a MCSS project leader.
They want to meet with turtles, they want to see colourful fish. So, if we have just dead corals, we don't have all this.
According to a study published in the journal Science in February 2018, with further threats, including overfishing and pollution, coral reefs around the world will reach a tipping point before the end of the century, disappearing more quickly than they can restore themselves.
That's a threat even Cerf Island's coral nurseries can't escape.
So, on the island of Mahe, MCSS established this on-land coral nursery, the first of its kind on the Seychelles when it opened in September 2017.
Each tank is capable of holding some 100 coral fragments.
We can control the temperature in here, so that even if everything dies out there, we've still got some remnants here that we can then grow up and put back out in the reef. So, if you like it's a last-ditch safety stop, explains David Rowat, the chairman and director of MCSS.
However, the way that we try and do things is that the corals that we have in here are survivors, they have survived this previous bleaching attempt.
It's one of the most diverse habitats imaginable, says Rowat.
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Ocean Mission - Coral Nurseries: A sanctuary for the future? ++REPLAY++
(1 Apr 2019) LEADIN:
Coral nurseries could be the answer to bleaching episodes caused by climate change, which are threatening complex underwater reefs around the world.
In the Seychelles, marine biologists are rearing corals in specially-controlled nurseries, hoping they'll act as a last-ditch safety stop should ocean temperatures continue to rise.
STORYLINE:
Beneath the crystal-clear waters of the Indian Ocean around the Seychelles, coral reefs shelter a range of creatures, from tiny invertebrates to sprawling octopuses.
The fragile reefs act as both a protective barrier for coastlines and an attraction for tourists, who keep the country's economy going.
But the reefs are also one of the first victims of rising ocean temperatures.
In 1998, the Seychelles, in some areas, lost up to 90 percent of its coral reefs in an environmental event known as bleaching.
That's where coral in warming waters expel the colorful algae that live within their skeletons and, without their nutrients, starve.
Three years ago, rising ocean temperatures, thought to have been caused by the El Nino climate feature, destroyed around half the corals off Cerf Island, says marine biologist Leo Barret.
We lost up to 50 percent of all corals, now three years ago in 2016, he says.
This is mainly the branching corals, so we're talking about acropora, for example, and yeah, we lost up to 50 percent of these corals.
Conservationists have launched a number of reef restoration projects around the nation's 115 islands.
Barret and his colleagues from the Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS) have established several coral nurseries with the aim of rearing stronger corals.
Taking broken fragments, found around the reef, they rear them for a year, before transporting them to these artificial structures.
They have two large-scale nurseries off the coast of Cerf Island, each numbering around 2,500 corals.
We try to restore the reef by using these nurseries, the nurseries help for the survival and the group of the corals, explains Barret.
The project is supported by several hotels on Cerf Island, a small holidaymaker island about four kilometres northeast of Mahe.
The tourists here, they're attracted, okay by the beautiful landscape, but also by what is beneath, on the water, says Aurelie Duhec, a MCSS project leader.
They want to meet with turtles, they want to see colourful fish. So, if we have just dead corals, we don't have all this.
According to a study published in the journal Science in February 2018, with further threats, including overfishing and pollution, coral reefs around the world will reach a tipping point before the end of the century, disappearing more quickly than they can restore themselves.
That's a threat even Cerf Island's coral nurseries can't escape.
So, on the island of Mahe, MCSS established this on-land coral nursery, the first of its kind on the Seychelles when it opened in September 2017.
Each tank is capable of holding some 100 coral fragments.
We can control the temperature in here, so that even if everything dies out there, we've still got some remnants here that we can then grow up and put back out in the reef. So, if you like it's a last-ditch safety stop, explains David Rowat, the chairman and director of MCSS.
However, the way that we try and do things is that the corals that we have in here are survivors, they have survived this previous bleaching attempt.
It's one of the most diverse habitats imaginable, says Rowat.
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